Trump administration keeps existing ozone standards, rebuffing calls to cut down on smog washingtonpost.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from washingtonpost.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Commission working in right earnest to prevent factors causing pollution: Centre
Chief Justice of India Sharad A. Bobde on Thursday orally remarked that the people of Delhi are not too happy with the Centre’s Commission for Air Quality Management in the National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas, set up to curb air pollution by preventing incidents of stubble-burning in neighbouring Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana.
“Our Commission is working in right earnest,” Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, for the Centre, submitted.
“We don’t know what your Commission is doing, but people in Delhi are not happy,” Chief Justice Bobde remarked.
TSCA/ FIFRA/ TRI, RCRA/ CERCLA/ CWA/ CAA/ PHMSA/ SDWA, COVID-19, FDA, NANOTECHNOLOGY and more: Recent Regulatory Developments Wednesday, December 16, 2020
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EPA Proposes SNURs For Certain Chemical Substances: On November 16, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published proposed significant new use rules (SNUR) for certain chemical substances that are the subject of premanufacture notices (PMN). 85 Fed. Reg. 73007. The proposed SNURs would require persons to notify EPA at least 90 days before commencing manufacture (defined by statute to include import) or processing of any of these chemical substances for an activity that is designated as a significant new use. The proposed SNURs would further require that persons not commence manufacture or processing for the significant new use until they have submitted a significant new use notice (SNUN), and EPA has conducted a review of the notice, made an appropriate determination on the notice unde
December 7, 1941 – a date that will live in infamy – is remembered for Japan attacking the United States. Another momentous decision made on this date which will receive much less publicity is the action by the Trump administration regarding a new ambient air quality standard for particulate matter.
It is known as the PM
2.5 standard. EPA stated “…after carefully reviewing the most recent available scientific evidence and technical information, and consulting with the Agency’s independent scientific advisors, EPA is announcing it will retain, without revision, the existing primary (health-based) and secondary (welfare-based) National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for Particulate Matter.”
Fine Particle Pollution Kills — and It s on the Rise discovermagazine.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from discovermagazine.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.